Yellow Wolf's War Whistle

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Yellow Wolf's War Whistle

ca.1870s

https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/lv_mcwhorte/id/16/rec/1

This whistle was fashioned from the wing bone of an eagle or crane and was only to be used in battle. Yellow Wolf wore its buckskin loop around his neck and left shoulder while the whistle rested under his arm. The two down feathers tied to it were selected from the chest of an eagle. Both the fluttering of these feathers in the wind and the shrill sound of the whistle when blown were considered conducive to success in battle. Carried through the Nez Perce War and presented to L. V. McWhorter by Yellow Wolf in 1909.

Length: 24.3cm. Feathers, Bone, and Buckskin.

eng, Latn

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Yellow Wolf, 1855-1935

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Yellow Wolf was born in the Wallowa Valley. A young warrior at the time of the Nez Perce War, he took part in every major battle and was wounded five separate times. For his contributions in the war, Yellow Wolf was given the rank of Chief. He chose not to surrender with Chief Joseph after the Bear Paw battle, and subsequently spent two years in Canada before returning to Idaho, at which time he was arrested and sent to the Indian Territory of Oklahoma. When he returned to the Colville Reservati...